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Read More »"Helicopter" parents make kids fat? What new study says
Researchers say children less likely to engage in calorie-burning high-energy play when parents "hover"
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Want to get in on the action at fashion week? Here's a look at how some small businesses are using the event to market their brands
Read More »Sea Radiation from Fukushima Seen Triple of Prior Estimate
TOKYO (Reuters) - Radioactive material released into the sea in the Fukushima nuclear power plant crisis is more than triple the amount estimated by plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co, Japanese researchers say. Japan's biggest utility estimated around 4,720 trillion becquerels of cesium-137 and iodine-131 was released into the Pacific Ocean between March 21 and April 30, but researchers at the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) put the amount 15,000 trillion becquerels, or terabecquerels.
Read More »Switching to Natural Gas Power May Not Slow Climate Change
Though burning natural gas produces much less greenhouse gas emissions than burning coal, a new study indicates switching over coal-fired power plants to natural gas would have a negligible effect on the changing climate. Tom Wigley, a senior research associate at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, reports that if natural gas were substituted for coal in energy production, climate change trends would not slow down and may, in fact, accelerate. His findings are due to be published in the journal Climatic Change Letters
Read More »The Apple of Its Eye: Security and Surveillance Pervades Post-9/11 New York City [Video]
From building-blocking bollards to millimeter-wave scanners , the September 11 terrorist attacks have led to significant changes in security techniques and technology worldwide over the past decade to discourage future attacks and to avoid being surprised again. To meet these goals, law enforcement and counterterrorism operations worldwide have come to rely heavily on surveillance of public spaces. Nowhere is surveillance more pervasive in the U.S
Read More »Sewage-tainted floodwaters threaten health
Boil-water orders still in effect in many Northeast communities ravaged by storms Irene, Lee
Read More »Suicide: 20 states with highest rates
People are far more likely to kill themselves in some states than in others
Read More »Here’s Why Nestle Chairman’s Attacks On Organic Food Are Wrong
Responding to Peter Brabeck-Letmathe's critique of organic food--that it's too expensive and downright dangerous--author and educator Anna Lappé says that he's wrong, and scared of an organic future.
Read More »Xarelto for stroke prevention gets nod from FDA panel
Advisory panel recommends approval of drug for common heart rhythm disturbance known as atrial fibrillation
Read More »Readers Respond to "The Growing Menace from Superweeds" and Other Articles
CAUGHT TOO EARLY In discussing the search for better detection of breast cancer in “ Beyond Mammograms ,” Nancy Shute misses one key problem: when tests become too “perfect.” As we have learned from our experience in detecting prostate cancer by testing for high levels of the prostate-specific antigen protein, finding cancers at extraordinarily early stages raises new issues. Are we now left to treat cancers that have no clinical relevance? We already often diagnose breast cancers at one to three millimeters in size.
Read More »Yes We Scan: Have New Airport Screening Technologies Inspired by 9/11 Made Us Safer? [Slide Show]
The 9/11 attacks , the deadliest terrorist acts on U.S.
Read More »Apple Spends Its Cash On Charity, Huge NASA Satellite To Deorbit, British Bookseller Plans Nook-Like E-Reader
This and more important news from your Fast Company editors, with updates all day. Apple Pushes New Charity Scheme . Tim Cook has made one of the first noticeable changes to Apple policy since the resignation of Steve Jobs: In an email to Apple staff Cook revealed that if employees donate money to non-profit 501©(3) organizations, Apple will match the totals up to $10,000 annually
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